Jehovah Witnesses’s View of Salvation | Rapp Report Daily 0119 | Striving for Eternity
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- Welcome to The Rapid Pull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. As we talk about Jehovah's Witnesses and their view of man's sinfulness and salvation, we see that first off, they actually do hold to a view of original sin, that sin was imputed from Adam and Eve to all people.
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- However, they do not believe that the soul is immortal, meaning that it lasts forever.
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- We're going to see that in tomorrow's podcast because that becomes important when we look at the eternal state.
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- However, when it comes to salvation, they believe in a works -based salvation. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that good works do not earn salvation, so they say, but they are a prerequisite for it.
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- In other words, you need to have the good works first. So it's not what saves you, but if you don't have those good works, you can't get saved.
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- And how do they define these good works? Well, they call it, quote, taking knowledge, unquote, of God.
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- That means by studying the Bible through the guidance of the Watchtower. Obedience to God's laws, that means following the rules laid out by the
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- Watchtower. Associating with God's channel, the Watchtower, society.
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- And fourthly, by participating in Jehovah's Witnesses preaching work. That means going around your neighborhoods, knocking on your doors, and letting you know about the
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- Watchtower society. So you see, really what their focus is for their salvation is on the
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- Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. That's their authority, and that's the prerequisite to salvation.
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